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the way you do medicare is the way they were starting to do it in the health-care bill and the entitlements. these are the big ticket items, innd and defense and service on the debt. so wall street, deficit reduction and number three, is infrastructure projects. now the interesting thing about the stimulus project, remember all the talk about shovel-ready projects last year? there were no... there wasn't. >> rose: why not. >> they didn't even have shovels. because it takes time to get these things through. and what you are going to see this year in the next three quarters is that one-third of the stimulus was infrastructure is going to start coming on board, and creating some jobs and also creating some signs saying you know, the obama administration... . >> rose: so you do i have in problem with the stimulus program congress wrote. >> no, i don't. it tak time to do it but one thing he should do, the most popular campaign proposal he had was for a national infrastructure bank. which would take the yes or no on these big ticket items away from john murtha and all these other porkers on the h
the way you do medicare is the way they were starting to do it in the health-care bill and the entitlements. these are the big ticket items, innd and defense and service on the debt. so wall street, deficit reduction and number three, is infrastructure projects. now the interesting thing about the stimulus project, remember all the talk about shovel-ready projects last year? there were no... there wasn't. >> rose: why not. >> they didn't even have shovels. because it takes time to...
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greatest achievements, the new deal, the great society, the civil rights movement, social security, medicare, the minimum wage, the 40 hour week, the civil rights act and the voting rights act. that is what made the united states a beacon of hope in a confused and divided world. but, too many people now take for granted government's role as protector of wall street and the privilege. vaisse middle-class americans says overpaid and underworked. they see social security as a problem, rather than the only piece of our retirement system that actually works. they feel sorry for homeless people, but fail to see the connections between downsizing and outsourcing and inequality and homelessness. this world view has brought democrats nothing but disaster. the republicans responses to what for middle-class the false hope of tax cuts, tax cuts that end up enriching their rich, devastating the middle class by destroying the institutions like public education and social security that make the middle class possible. are you trying to tell me something? >> we are now into our q&a period. >> i'm not done wi
greatest achievements, the new deal, the great society, the civil rights movement, social security, medicare, the minimum wage, the 40 hour week, the civil rights act and the voting rights act. that is what made the united states a beacon of hope in a confused and divided world. but, too many people now take for granted government's role as protector of wall street and the privilege. vaisse middle-class americans says overpaid and underworked. they see social security as a problem, rather than...
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you're cutting half a trillion dollars out of medicare. girls are going to be taxing people at a time that they just can't afford it. we can do better. we elected the drawing board and i don't think it's going to take 15 years, not on my watch. i will make it a priority to make sure we have coverage that they can rely on and have the flexibility to be part of. not a one-size-fits-all for the entire country at the really hurting states and their individual right to free market and free enterprise. >> i'm going to tune to you ms. coakley. all of you have talked to the economy and voters in this commonwealth of course but jobs right at the top of their list here at everyone is worried about 10% unemployment nationwide. but it's also true that this terrible economic situation workers find themselves in really comes at the end of a lost decade for american workers. there has been nationwide no net job growth since december 1999 and middle-class families when adjusted for inflation have not seen their incomes rise. what are your plans on only sh
you're cutting half a trillion dollars out of medicare. girls are going to be taxing people at a time that they just can't afford it. we can do better. we elected the drawing board and i don't think it's going to take 15 years, not on my watch. i will make it a priority to make sure we have coverage that they can rely on and have the flexibility to be part of. not a one-size-fits-all for the entire country at the really hurting states and their individual right to free market and free...
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think working people who have it too good, too much health care, too much social security, too much medicare, too much power on the job, are actually inviting a repeat of 1994. [applause] >> our country cannot stand that. president obama said in his inaugural address the state of the economy calls for action, a bold and swift and we will act in not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation. but now is the time to make good on those. for congress, president obama and the american people. we have some ideas with those people can do on the weekend if they don't believe us. go sit with the unemployed, talk to college students looking at tuition hikes and laid off professors and new jobs a graduation, talk to workers whose jobs are being far short and ask what these americans think about their future and ask them what they think of wall street, health insurance companies and big banks. ask them if they wanted government deficits in partnership with those folks for a government that stands up for working people. think about the great promise of america and the great legacy we have inheri
think working people who have it too good, too much health care, too much social security, too much medicare, too much power on the job, are actually inviting a repeat of 1994. [applause] >> our country cannot stand that. president obama said in his inaugural address the state of the economy calls for action, a bold and swift and we will act in not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation. but now is the time to make good on those. for congress, president obama and the american...
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but the doctor says he's concerned that the legislation may cut medicare reimbursement rates to this and other hospitals, as well as cut the additional government subsidies, howard receives for treating so many uninsured patients. >> dr. robenson we're going over the game plan. >> still fmore people have health insurance and able to build a relationship with a primary care physician, doctors hope this will mean fewer expensive late stage treatments. >> the idea of having insurance will at least ensure that those patients or those people will have at least access to more preventive care. >> if they're entering the health care arena earlier, lets say seeing their primary care physician and not utilizing the higher resources after emergency room, then that's also better for hospitals. >> provided that there are enough primary care physicians to handle the expected increase in patients. currently, there's a shortage of these docs, more medical students are going into lucrative specialties, but med schools such as howard are trying to change that. >> here at howard and other medical schoo
but the doctor says he's concerned that the legislation may cut medicare reimbursement rates to this and other hospitals, as well as cut the additional government subsidies, howard receives for treating so many uninsured patients. >> dr. robenson we're going over the game plan. >> still fmore people have health insurance and able to build a relationship with a primary care physician, doctors hope this will mean fewer expensive late stage treatments. >> the idea of having...